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DOE Awards Nuclear Energy R&D Funds

Tracy Marc|June 19, 2017, 10:24am CDT

The Department of Energy recently announced it will award close to $67 million for 85 projects to advance nuclear energy research and technology development.

- $31 million to 32 university-led nuclear energy research and development projects under the DOE's Nuclear Energy University Program- Nineteen universities will also receive $6 million in grants to provide safety, performance and student education-related upgrades to some of the nationís 25 university research reactors- $11 million will go to three integrated research projects that aim to address technical issues facing key mission objectives of the office of nuclear energy- Fourteen projects of national laboratory, university and industry teams will get $10 million in facility access costs and expertise to study nuclear fuel and material applications- Six of the 14 projects will be given a total of $2.3 million in research funds- $6 million to six research and development initiatives led by national laboratories, industry and universities to explore ways to address crosscutting nuclear energy challenges

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